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[[Nine Inch Nails]] is an [[Industrial Metal]] band who have been rolling around the musical scene since 1989, releasing music videos which have ranged from politically subversive to the sort of video which answers the question 'What if ''[[Hostel]]'' had been a set for music videos?'
 
They're somewhat unusual in that [[I Am the Band|it's essentially one man]], Trent Reznor, who's done all of it. Most members have come and gone, occasionally contributing to albums but mostly staying for the live shows. In 2009, Reznor announced that he retired from touring, though that he was going to continue to release albums under the Nine Inch Nails name; he ended up reneging on this four years later when he went on tour in assistance of the new album at that time ''Hesitation Marks''. Also in 2016, Atticus Ross, a long time collaborator, was made an official member of the band.
 
The music is surprisingly varied, from ear-destroying screaming guitar-death on ''Broken'' to beautiful, mellow piano pieces on ''Still''; but most of it falls squarely under [[True Art Is Angsty]].
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In contrast to his highly brutal [[Industrial Metal]] output, Reznor in person is more of a [[Mean Character, Nice Actor]], being very active in his community and generally a pretty nice guy. Also in the same vein, he was friends with [[Tori Amos]] - he even sang backing vocals on one of her songs (the past tense is [[Courtney Love]]'s fault).
 
In the past couple of years, though, Reznor has taken a break from new Nine Inch Nails work and instead focusesfocused on a project with his wife, Mariqueen Maandig, called [[How Toto Destroy Angels]], active from 2010 to 2013, as well as on film soundtracks. Along with Atticus Ross, Reznor has composed the score for ''[[The Social Network]]'', for which the duo won an [[Academy Award|Oscar]] for Best Original Music Score, 2011's ''[[The Millennium Trilogy|The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo]]'' and 2014's ''[[Gone Girl]]'' (all for director [[David Fincher]]). ([[He Also Did|Reznor also provided the soundtrack]] to ''[[Quake (series)|Quake]]'' and recorded tracks for ''[[Doom 3]]'' that didn't make it into the final game (although they can still be found in the game files)). That said, he revealed in interviews that he will spend much of 2012 writing material for Nine Inch Nails, so the project should return in some form in the near future, especially considering it's now 2016.
 
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There have been eight major Nine Inch Nails albums as of October 2016:
* ''Pretty Hate Machine'' (1989) - Nine Inch Nails' debut, at points showing the way towards the [[Industrial Metal]] that they'd popularize and at other points sounding like evil [[Depeche Mode]].
 
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** ''Fixed'' (1992;) a- A remix album of ''Broken'').▼
* ''Broken'' (1992 EP) - this is where Reznor definitely adopted harsh [[Industrial Metal]], updating his electronics, putting the guitars in the forefront and employing a more abrasive production.
* ''The Downward Spiral'' (1994) - aA [[Concept Album]], bordering on [[Rock Opera]], about one man's anger, downfall and eventual suicide. Loved by critics, andit's considered as one of the most important albums of the 1990s. And yes, it's the one with [[Misaimed Fandom|the "fuck you like an animal" song]] on it).▼
▲** ''Fixed'' (1992; a remix album of ''Broken'')
** ''Further Down the Spiral'' (1995) - theThe remix album of the above.▼
▲* ''The Downward Spiral'' (1994) - a [[Concept Album]], bordering on [[Rock Opera]], about one man's anger, downfall and eventual suicide. Loved by critics, and yes, it's the one with [[Misaimed Fandom|the "fuck you like an animal" song]] on it)
* ''[[The Fragile]]'' (1999) - aA double album (and possibly another [[Concept Album]], albeit one with a less tightly structured narrative than The Downward Spiral) beloved by fans. Famously debuted at #1 on the Billboard charts, then dropped to #16 the next week, the only album ever to have dropped that low from #1.▼
▲** ''Further Down the Spiral'' (1995) - the remix album of the above.
** ''Things Falling Apart'' (2000) - remixRemix album▼
▲* ''The Fragile'' (1999) - a double album (and possibly another [[Concept Album]], albeit one with a less tightly structured narrative than The Downward Spiral) beloved by fans. Famously debuted at #1 on the Billboard charts, then dropped to #16 the next week, the only album ever to have dropped that low from #1.
* ''And All That Could Have Been'' (2002) - liveLive album recorded during the ''Fragility 2.0'' tour.▼
▲** ''Things Falling Apart'' (2000) - remix album
** ''Still'' (2002) - acousticAcoustic, stripped-down companion piece to the above, including alternate versions of older songs as well as some new and thoroughly depressing tracks).▼
▲* ''And All That Could Have Been'' (2002) - live album recorded during the ''Fragility 2.0'' tour.
▲** ''Still'' (2002) - acoustic, stripped-down companion piece to the above, including alternate versions of older songs as well as some new and thoroughly depressing tracks)
* ''With Teeth'' (2005)
* ''Year Zero'' (2007) - aA futuristic-dystopia-type [[Concept Album]]; accompanied by an extensive ARG).
** ''Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D (Year Zero Remixed)'' (2007) - afterAfter the clever names for the other remix albums, something of a let down, though it is a clever reference to the hackers and digital 1337-folk that discovered the Year Zero sites.
* ''Ghosts I-IV'' (2008) - containsContains 36 instrumental tracks on four discs.. Notable for being obtainable in about twenty different ways, and all the tracks not having proper names and being called by names such as '2 Ghosts I' and '22 Ghosts III'.
* ''The Slip'' (2008) - releasedReleased completely for free on the website as a "thank you" to fans. Theories exist among fans that this is another [[Concept Album]], following the aftermath of ''Year Zero''.
* ''Hesitation Marks'' (2013) - Released through major label Columbia Records.
* ''Not The Actual Events'' (2016 EP) - Self-released, the first entry in a trilogy. Digital versions bought from the NIN store came with a "physical component".
* ''Add Violence'' (2017 EP) - The second entry in a trilogy. Also came with a "physical component" for the NIN store digital version.
* ''Bad Witch'' (2018) - The third entry in a trilogy, first meant as an EP before being developed into a full album.
 
There have been five DVDs [[Executive Meddling|(sort of)]]:
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* [[Happiness in Slavery]]
 
{{examples|Tropes headed with quotes from ''NIN'' songs:}}
* [[Happiness in Slavery]] (obviously)
* ''[[The Fragile]]'' ("The Wretched")
* ''[[Prototype 2]]'' ("Hurt", image caption)
* This very page, funnily enough.
 
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* [[Amusement Park of Doom]]: "Starfuckers, Inc."
* [[And I Must Scream]]: "Pinion".
* [[Ate His Gun]]: How the character in ''[[Concept Album|The Downward Spiral]]'' (both the [[Album Title Drop|song]] and the album]]) chooses to go. The [[Freud Was Right|Freudian imagery]] is everywhere.
* [[Bad Vibrations]]: "Only".
* [[Bound and Gagged]]: Trent in "Closer". Trent in "Sin," too, though only for the bound part. Also, the character in "Help Me I am in Hell".
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